War, revenue, and state building
Subtitle: financing the development of the American state
By: Sheldon D. Pollack.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801447921; 9780801475863
Subjects: Revenue -- United States -- History; Revenue -- Europe -- History; Finance, Public -- United States -- History; Finance, Public -- Europe -- History; War -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History; War -- Economic aspects -- Europe -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The state : coercion and tribute; title: The development of the European state; title: The rise of the social welfare state in Europe; title: The origins of the American state; title: State formation in the early republic; title: Reconstituting the American state; title: War and the development of the American state; title: Financing the modern American state.